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Two people, 24-year-old John Prater and 19-year-old Kara Newport were taken to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Police believe the two people that were hurt, were the only ones involved in this incident. They have been in the hospital all day, so police have not had a chance to talk with them yet.

"I looked over to see my house surrounded by cops," said resident Kevin Sloan.

Sloan lives in the home at 669 Dowling. He couldn't believe it when he learned the couple who rents the front apartment of the house had been involved in a stabbing.

"They moved in here a couple months after I moved in. They're a good couple. They have fun all the time, party, you know, just kids," said Sloan.

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Six hospitalized after single-car crash in Noble
Journal Gazette

A car crash outside of Kendallville Friday night sent six teenagers to the hospital with minor injuries.

Douglas Gordon, 17, of Kendallville, was southbound on Noble County Road 700 East just outside Kendallville city limits about 9:30 p.m. when he swerved to miss a deer in the roadway, Noble County Sheriff Gary Leatherman said.

Gordon lost control of the 2000 Ford Taurus and struck a utility pole, causing the car to roll and land on its roof, Leatherman said.

The crash totaled the Taurus. Gordon and three of his passengers, two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old, were taken to Parkview Noble Hospital. A 16 and 17-year-old passenger were taken by ambulance to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.

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Avilla H1N1 clinic not good for one man

AVILLA — Monday’s H1N1 clinic put on by the Noble County Health Department at St. Mary’s Catholic School likely helped protect a lot of people from the virus. But one Avilla man probably wishes the clinic had been held somewhere else.

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Shocking meth arrest of Topeka marshal
The deputy town marshal of Topeka, 28-year-old Zachary Miller, was charged with conspiracy to deal methamphetamine and official misconduct.

Meth use signs
These are some of the symptoms methamphetamine users display:

•Insomnia
•Jaw grinding or clenching
•Rotting teeth
•Significant weight loss
•Dry, itchy skin

If anyone questions how pervasive the problem with methamphetamine is in northeast Indiana or the drug’s potency to lure people into abuse, an arrest this week should shatter any remaining doubts:

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2 counties easing access to flu shots
Steuben, Noble see little demand for H1N1 vaccine
by Amanda Iacone, The Journal Gazette
Two northeast Indiana counties will invite the general public to receive the H1N1 vaccine beginning next week.
Noble and Steuben counties released vaccine clinic schedules this week that include dates for children and adults of all ages with or without health conditions. At least two other area counties said they are a few weeks away from making the same decision.
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Northeast Indiana's unemployment ups and downs likely to continue
Unusual recession, area's reliance on manufacturing cause fluctuations.
By Bob Caylor
Unemployment rose in Allen County and most of northeast Indiana in October after months of steadily improving reports. Regional experts say that in this slow recovery from a deep recession, ups and downs in monthly unemployment figures are likely to continue.
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Traffic stop leads police to cannon
Driver’s arrest on drug charges ends in discovery of arsenal in Noble
Holly Abrams, The Journal Gazette
When Avilla police pulled over Kenneth Barden Jr. for a routine traffic stop, they never guessed the young man would lead them to a more bizarre find – a homemade cannon.

The discovery of the cannon began after police pulled over Barden, 23, of Kendallville. He was arrested about 3 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, after an officer pulled over his Lincoln Mark VIII coupe near Fourth and Main streets in Avilla. Police say Barden failed to signal a turn.

After obtaining consent to search Barden’s coupe, officers found nearly 4 ounces of marijuana, along with a large amount of materials used to make methamphetamine in the trunk of his car, Avilla Town Marshal Glen Willis said.
Even stranger, on Barden’s cell phone police found a video of people using a homemade cannon. After questioning Barden, police were led to a home in the northern part of the county, near County Roads 500 North and 400 East. Officers used a search warrant about noon Thursday to enter the home, which was being remodeled.
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Richard Marks arrested for child porn in LaGrange
Full story: WANE-TV Fort Wayne
A LaGrange man was arrested at his residence Thursday afternoon for alleged possession of child pornography, state police said in a statement.

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Sovereignty aim misses its mark
Jeff Wiehe The Journal Gazette
KENDALLVILLE – Many in the crowd of nearly 100 wanted Kendallville’s City Council to send a strong message to the federal government Tuesday night – stay out of state affairs and give local officials more freedom to operate without big government.
Most left the meeting shaking their heads and shrugging their shoulders.
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Gas leak disrupts work at

Kendallville Kraft plant
Full story: Journal Gazette
Kendallville's Kraft Foods plant was evacuated Tuesday, Oct. 7, after a natural gas line was damaged and began leaking, Noble County Emergency Management Director Mick Newton said.

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Jury Rules Worker Not Fired Over Religion
Full story: WRTV Indianapolis
A federal jury has sided with a northern Indiana city official against claims that his firing of a worker was religious discrimination.

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GM adds 700 jobs here
Michigan’s laid-off get 1st crack as truck plant starting 3rd shift
by Marty Schladen The Journal Gazette
The regional economy is getting a major shot in the arm.

General Motors Co. announced Tuesday that it will add a third shift and 700 jobs to its Allen County assembly plant by April. The Defiance, Ohio, foundry also is likely to add jobs, although company officials couldn’t say how many.

In the face of improving sales and declining inventories, the GM executive committee decided Tuesday to add 2,400 jobs at assembly plants in Fort Wayne, Fairfax, Kan., and Lansing, Mich. It also is adding 600 jobs at stamping plants and engine-casting plants such as the Defiance Foundry.

The positions likely will be filled by GM workers who have been laid off from other factories.
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Wayne Manufacturing in LaOtto sold

North River Capital LLC, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based equity capital firm founded by the former owners of OmniSource Corp., has acquired the assets and business of Wayne Manufacturing Corp., LaOtto, Ind. The company will operate as Wayne Manufacturing, LLC.

Wayne Manufacturing is a manufacturer of axle component design and assembly market for the transportation industry.

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How has a cool July affected Farming?

From the News-Sentinel

The coolest July in at least 112 years has decreased the odds of a strong harvest of corn and soybeans this year.

Those crops generally look healthy now, experts agree, but the plants are significantly behind schedule. The greatest risk is that early frosts or freezes will cut yields or reduce the quality of what is harvested. A poor harvest, in turn, would tend to raise prices for consumer products, ranging from soft drinks to ethanol.

Official weather records, kept in Fort Wayne since 1897, confirm that it's as cool as you think this month. Sara Weisser, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office near Syracuse, said that through Tuesday, the average temperature in July has been 69 degrees - 4.4 degrees lower than normal.

“It's a mixed bag,” said Susan Lawrence, regional director of Farm Bureau of Indiana, referring to the summer chill. While the low temperatures deprived corn of the heat it needs to mature, she said, avoiding heat stress could help pollination, which is necessary to form each kernel of corn on an ear.

But the slow development of the crop increases the likelihood that farmers won't have time to harvest before sharply colder weather damages the plants.
“If we get an early frost, it could cut yields by 50 percent,” said Lawrence, who farms with her family near Avilla.

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Fed survey shows US recession may be over

WASHINGTON – The recession is ending and the economy is finally growing again. That's the message implicit in the Federal Reserve's latest survey of businesses around the country, which found economic activity stabilizing or improving in most regions.

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New jobless claims fall more than expected

WASHINGTON – First-time claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, evidence that companies are laying off fewer workers as the economy improves.

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Area officials seek funding in meeting with drug czar
Noble County has one of the worse drug problems in the state

Gil Kerlikowske said his meeting Monday in Fort Wayne with local officials about national drug control policy and strategy wasn't much different from what he'd heard across the country.

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Two accused of making meth in Kendallville
Journal Gazette
Two Kendallville residents were arrested Wednesday evening and held without bail on a charge of manufacturing methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school.
Steve A. Frain, 44, of the 300 block of East Gertrude Street, and Donna L. Frain, 46, of the same address, are being held in the Noble County Jail.

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Amy Yoder Begley digs deep, outlegs Shalane Flanagan for U.S. title

by Ken Goe, The Oregonian
EUGENE -- With a ferocious kick even she didn't know she had, Amy Yoder Begley bolted past Shalane Flanagan to win the 10,000 meters Thursday at the USA Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in July.
Yoder is a Kendallville native.

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Indiana city fed up with meth problem
Police, city officials ask for public's help
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) - Kendallville residents met with police and city officials in a town hall meeting, Tuesday, to talk about youth and drugs. Police chief Rob Wiley and Mayor Suzanne Handshoe led the meeting. It was aimed at getting the public's input on how to fight the city's meth problem.

"In reality, it's the public's issue," said Wiley. "The public not only has the right to be involved, they really have an obligation."
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Noble County Council's next meeting agenda

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Noble County Commissioner's next meeting agenda

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